New York Attorney General seeks Trump's testimony in civil probe
The HinduNew York's top justice official wants former U.S. president Donald Trump to testify in an investigation into possible fraud in his namesake real estate group, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. State Attorney General Letitia James has asked Trump to testify in person at her office in the probe into whether the Trump Organization may have illegally reported false values on its properties, potentially to gain banking and tax advantages, according to the Post. The probe is looking into whether the Trump Organization fraudulently overstated the value of certain properties when seeking bank loans, and later reported much smaller values when declaring assets for tax-related purposes. In July the Trump Organization and its long-serving finance chief, Allen Weisselberg pleaded not guilty in a New York court to 15 felony fraud and tax evasion charges.